Entries Tagged Cecil the Lion

Zimbabwe is no longer pressing for the extradition of James Walter Palmer, an American dentist who killed a well-known lion called Cecil, a Cabinet minister said Monday.

A company that sparked controversy when it released a Halloween costume parodying the Minnesota dentist that killed an African lion dubbed "Cecil" has vowed to donate all the profits from the sale of the satirical suit to a "wildlife foundation."

The Minnesota dentist and big game hunter who reportedly killed a black maned lion dubbed 'Cecil' has broken his month-long silence, revealing several insights about his kill that he claims the media and his critics got wrong.

The Minnesota dentist whose killing of Cecil the lion sparked a global backlash emerged for an interview in which he disputed some accounts of the hunt, expressed agitation at the animosity directed at those close to him and said he would be back at work within days.

Zimbabwean authorities seem to have cooled off on pursuing the case against Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, amid fears that extraditing the American bow hunter for killing Cecil the lion could hurt Zimbabwe's hunting business.

Zimbabwe has charged a man on whose land the well-known Cecil the lion was shot by American dentist Walter James Palmer in July.

The killing of 'Cecil the Lion' has shined the light on the very large anti-hunting community, and the lengths they will go to to try and end all hunting. And their power is greater than you might think.

An American doctor accused of killing a lion in an illegal hunt in Zimbabwe said that he had complied with all rules and regulations, filled out all the necessary paperwork and obtained the correct permits.

Minnesota Democrat calls the lion hunt a "disgraceful display of callous cruelty" and pledges to push for a federal probe into whether hunter Walter Palmer illegally took his African prize.

Well-known dentist and big game trophy hunter Walter Palmer is under fire from Zimbabwean government authorities after he reportedly killed a popular lion during an archery hunt in Africa.